After a boxed set devoted to nineteenth-century French music (Alpha, 2015) and another containing Beethoven’s symphonies and overtures (Alpha, 2018), Jos Van Immerseel and his period-instrument ensemble Anima Eterna present an anthology of seven CDs including recordings of major nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers of many nationalities. Whether it is Liszt with his symphonic poems, Orff with his Carmina Burana or Gershwin with his Rhapsody in Blue, all of them seem to be driven by a deep-seated urge to push back the formal limits of orchestral music by confronting it with other traditions and musical horizons, thus giving it a universal resonance.
- Alexander Borodin
- Antonin Dvořák
- Carl Orff
- Franz Liszt
- George Gershwin
- Johann Strauss II
- Jos van Immerseel
- Leoš Janáček
- Modest Mussorgsky
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovksy
Tracklist
- Totentanz - F. Liszt - CD 1
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 - F. Liszt
- Les Préludes - F. Liszt
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 - F. Liszt
- Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe - F. Liszt
- Mazeppa - F. Liszt
- Carmina Burana - C. Orff - CD 2
- Sheherazade - N. Rimsky-Korsakov - CD3
- Russian Easter Festival, Ouverture - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
- In the Steppes of Central Asia - A. Borodin
- Prince Igor - A. Borodin
- Tritsch-Tratsch Polka - J. Strauss - CD 4
- Die Fledermaus - J. Strauss
- Der Zigeunerbaron - J. Strauss
- Symphonie No. 4 - P.I. Tchaikovsky - CD 5
- The Nutcracker (Suite) - P.I. Tchaikovsky
- Sinfonietta - L. Janácek - CD 6
- Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' - A. Dvorák
- Catfish Row - G. Gershwin - CD 7
- Summertime - G. Gershwin
- By Strauss - G. Gershwin
- An American in Paris - G. Gershwin
- The Man I Love - G. Gershwin
- My Man Is Gone Now - G. Gershwin
- I Got Rhythm - G. Gershwin
- Rhapsody In Blue - G. Gershwin
